Saturday, April 12, 2008

10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

• • What point of view should I use? 
  • What's the timeline and setting of my story? 
  • Should I use first-person narrator? 
  • Do I really need a thesis statement?

This is an introductory course for anyone who has an idea for a story

OR 

for the writer who has a first draft and wish to re-learn the tools and take the story to a higher level.

What you'll gain from the course:
 • in-class writing (with optional sharing and commenting);
 • examples of how other authors use the essential elements;
 • list of recommended readings and resources for writers.

Teresa LeYung Ryan is a manuscript consultant and career coach for writers and the author of Love Made of Heart.  www.LoveMadeOfHeart.com 

 April 24, 2008,  6:00pm 

Soroptimist International of Oakland

www.soroptimistoakland.org

"Circle of Sharing”

facilitated by

Teresa LeYung Ryan

YOU, the generous Soroptimist International-Oakland members, are each other's mentors.  Teresa LeYung Ryan will lead a fun brainstorming session to take our respective careers one step closer to the big goal. Teresa says: “Get what you want with the help of friends and colleagues.”

CHOOSE  2ITEMS FROM THE FOLLOWING LIST AND BRING THEM TO THE MEETING ON April 24th:

• A magazine, newspaper, newsletter, or on-line news source that you depend on;

• Entry form for an award in your profession or Woman of the Year or Business Woman of the Year or Small Business Owner of the Year;

• Home page of your website;

• Home page, Bio page, and Events page of two women who are living your dream-career/life;

• Date and location (and focus) of a conference or convention that you’ve been dreaming of attending;

• Name of your favorite bookstore and their calendar of events for end of April and May;

Love Made of Heart (now archived at the San Francisco History Center ) will be available; Teresa's publisher is offering a 30% on the hardcover (now only $15), and Teresa will donate 50% of the proceeds to Soroptimist International-Oakland.

As a community member, Teresa LeYung Ryan advocates compassion for mental illness and she helps survivors of family-violence find their own voices.  As a manuscript consultant and career coach for writers, Teresa helps her clients identify their themes and polish their manuscripts, market themselves to agents and publishers, and map out their careers.

Teresa’s mother-daughter novel, Love Made of Heart, is archived at the San Francisco History Center, recommended by the California School Library Association, and is used in Sociology classes and Advanced Composition/English-as-a-Second-Language classes.

Teresa is a past-president of CWC-Peninsula Branch and the current Literacy Liaison at Women’s National Book Association-San Francisco Chapter.  More information about Teresa at: www.LoveMadeOfHeart.com 

Hold the Date!  Women's National Book Association--SF Chapter

Saturday, April 26, 2008  3:00-5:00 Pleasanton, CA

www.wnba-sfchapter.org for more information

Teresa LeYung Ryan will be there with other board members to greet new members.